by David H. Levy · Harper Perennial · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780380725267
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«Quest for Comets» is the popular astronomy essay by David H. Levy, published by Harper Perennial in paperback (282 pages, in English).
Astronomer David H. Levy, co-discoverer of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, reviews the history of comet observation and its students, as well as cometary collisions. The book addresses the possible role of comets in the origin of life, their link to the extinction of the dinosaurs, and the risk of future impacts.
Originally published in 1994, this 1995 edition carries the cover subtitle 'An Explosive Trail of Beauty and Danger'.
For readers interested in astronomy and science popularization, curious about the history of comets and their role in the solar system.
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David Howard (Doveed) Levy is a Canadian-American amateur astronomer, science writer, and discoverer of comets and minor planets. He is best known for co-discovering Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 in 1993, which collided with Jupiter in 1994 in the first observed planetary-scale impact in the Solar System.
